Established | 6 March 2016 |
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Location | Accra, Ghana |
Type | Contemporary art gallery |
Founder | Marwan Zakhem |
Website |
gallery1957 |
Gallery 1957 is a contemporary art gallery located in Accra, Ghana. The gallery intends to present artists of West Africa and the diaspora. [1] It was established in March 2016 by British construction company owner Marwan Zakhem. [2] [3] As of 2018 [update], the gallery has shown artists including Serge Attukwei Clottey, Gideon Appah, Modupeola Fadugba, Godfried Donkor, Yaw Owusu, and Zohra Opoku. [4]
Gallery 1957 opened on Ghanaian Independence Day on 6 March 2016, and is named for the year that Ghana gained independence from British colonial rule. [5] It opened its first two locations at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra, [6] opening with exhibitions by Ghanaian artists Serge Attukwei Clottey [7] and Godfried Donkor, respectively. [8] In October 2020, the gallery opened a London location [9] [10] [11] with an exhibition by Ghanaian artist Kwesi Botchway, co-curated by British writer Ekow Eshun. [12]
Ghanaian writer and filmmaker Nana Oforiatta Ayim serves as the gallery's creative director. [13] The gallery also organises the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize, which recognises African female artists in the international art scene. It is the first art prize dedicated to female African artists. [14]
Established | 6 March 2016 |
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Location | Accra, Ghana |
Type | Contemporary art gallery |
Founder | Marwan Zakhem |
Website |
gallery1957 |
Gallery 1957 is a contemporary art gallery located in Accra, Ghana. The gallery intends to present artists of West Africa and the diaspora. [1] It was established in March 2016 by British construction company owner Marwan Zakhem. [2] [3] As of 2018 [update], the gallery has shown artists including Serge Attukwei Clottey, Gideon Appah, Modupeola Fadugba, Godfried Donkor, Yaw Owusu, and Zohra Opoku. [4]
Gallery 1957 opened on Ghanaian Independence Day on 6 March 2016, and is named for the year that Ghana gained independence from British colonial rule. [5] It opened its first two locations at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra, [6] opening with exhibitions by Ghanaian artists Serge Attukwei Clottey [7] and Godfried Donkor, respectively. [8] In October 2020, the gallery opened a London location [9] [10] [11] with an exhibition by Ghanaian artist Kwesi Botchway, co-curated by British writer Ekow Eshun. [12]
Ghanaian writer and filmmaker Nana Oforiatta Ayim serves as the gallery's creative director. [13] The gallery also organises the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize, which recognises African female artists in the international art scene. It is the first art prize dedicated to female African artists. [14]